The Friendly Club!
The St George Chess Club prides itself on a diverse membership with a range of chess abilities. We foster a social atmosphere for players of all ages and abilities.
The club runs regular internal club competitions and participates in interclub tournaments. More information about the activities can be found from the calendar.
Club Games: 7:30pm Tuesday nights, Prince Edward Rooms, St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah NSW
News
2024 St George Swiss Report: Round 7
Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar, with another win in round 7, has consolidated her lead. She has increased the gap to the three next players (Terrence Tang, Charles Zworestine and Vu Ky Anh Nguyen) to 1.5 points. It looks like yet another trophy is coming her way!
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Nicolas Nunez (unrated; 43); Christian Lagarez (late entry; 35); Stephen Elliott (unrated; 28); Choijilsuren Khishigbaatar (unrated; 26); Paul Jovanoski (unrated; 23); Emmanuel Vardakis (19); Trilok Senoy (unrated; 17); Joel Blake (unrated; 14); Leo Xu (10); Draws: Jason Hakim (unrated; 28). Full results are here.
UNSW versus The World: Niemannites win!
“No matter the obstacles that we face, no matter how much you try to blacklist us, no matter what you do to try to ruin our career or slander our reputation—these difficult times have only invigorated us even more to reach the top of chess. There will be a day when the UNSW Chess Club will be the best chess club in the world.” – Hans Niemann (quote altered slightly).
This one-day, two-round tournament ended in a 20-15 victory to UNSW. Four St George players played for the World team (Jeremy Plunkett; Vu Ky Anh Nguyen; Ted Power; Rupert Coy) and scored 4 out of a possible 7 points in their games. The full results can be seen in this thread on ChessChat.
Upcoming Events at St George & elsewhere
St George Lightning Tournament: Nov 5
Our annual Club Lightning Championships are coming up soon. Fans of the fast and furious can get their fill with (typically) nine rounds of 3 minute per player games.
No prior registration is required, and entry is free for all current St George members.